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Cabaret

Boston Children's Theatre, Summer 2016

Photos by: Boston Children's Theatre

Duties: Stitcher, wardrobe

Designer: Collette Benoit

Cabaret The opening number featuring Emcee. The designer wanted him to pay homage to Alan Cummings on broadway, yet still have his own personality and sense of style.	Cabaret The introduction of Cliff and the Nazis. The outfits were sourced by the designer and then fit and altered by myself and my interns.	Cabaret The Kit Kat Club. The actresses were given their costumes and told to decide how distressed their costumes needed to be according to their characters. My interns and I then distressed the costumes according to each girl's preference.
Cabaret Introduction of Fräulein Schneider. The dress was sourced and then altered to fit.	Cabaret 'Don't Tell Mama.' The vest sets were ordered online and then altered to fit each individual girl by myself and my interns. They are black and purple with matching cuffs, made by me, while Sally is wearing a black and purple dress from stock.	Cabaret 'Mein Herr.' The designer wanted to convey Sally's anger at being fired in the costumes, so Sally and the other dancers are wearing red and black.
Cabaret 'Mein Herr.' The jackets were purchased online and the red trim was added by myself and my interns.	Cabaret The designer wanted Sally to appear overly opulent, even when she has no money, so Sally wore costumes in rich colors and furs, which we pulled from stock and altered to fit her.	Cabaret We pulled this dress for Fräulein Schneider and altered it to fit her. Sally is wearing red and black to convey her anger at being poor and jobless.
Cabaret 'Two Ladies.' The designer wanted a maid uniform for the three characters, so I made three maid aprons, headpieces, and sets of cuffs for our actors.	Cabaret0079 At this point, the designer wanted to convey to the audience that Sally is starting to understand how dire the situation is with the Nazis, so Sally started wearing darker colors and textures.	Cabaret 'Money.' The designer wanted all the chorus members to look like they were dripping in money, so my coworkers and I made loose shirts and tunics in a glittering green fabric and then added gold trim that was made to look like it was dripping off of them.
Cabaret 'Money.' The designer wanted all the chorus members to look like they were dripping in money, so my coworkers and I made loose shirts and tunics in a glittering green fabric and then added gold trim that was made to look like it was dripping off of them.	Cabaret It is at this point in the show that Sally decided to stay in Berlin and continue working at the club, regardless of the consequences. The designer pulled this high cut, bright gold dress from stock to show the audience that Sally is back at the club, regardless of what happens in the future.	Cabaret The finale. Everyone is in their most recognizable character costume in order to help the audience place them within the story line at the end of the show.

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